Logging car for short logs



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F. w. CHRISWELL LOGGING CAR FOR SHORT LOGS Filed Aug. 5, :1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Apr. 17, 1923.

UlE STATES inert FREDERICK W. GHRISWELL, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR TO PACIFIC CAR AND FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, A CORPORATION OF WASH- INGTON.

LOGGING CAR FOR SHORT LOGS.

Application filed August 3, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK \V. CHRIswnLL, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of the city of Seattle, in the county of King and State of \Vashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Logging Cars for Short Logs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention particularly relates to cars which are designed for handling short length logs, although its use is not limited to such purposes.

' The principal object of my invention is to provide means whereby a standard car of the connected truck type designed for handling logs of ordinary or extra length may be converted into a car for handling two-lengths of logs and to do this by addition to the standard car of this type of parts which fit thereon as attachments without necessitating changes in the original car members, whereby the conversion of the standard car to adapt it to the new use may be quickly and easily accomplished.

My invention comprises those novel parts and combinations thereof which are shown in the accompanying drawings, describedin the specification. and particularly defined by the claims terminating the same.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention in the form which is now preferred by me. 0

Figure 1 is aplan view of the central portion and one end of the body construction of a car embodying my invention, the trucks being omitted.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 is a side view of the end of a transverse bolster, looking from the end of the car.

Figure i is an end elevation of the same bolster. Y

Figures 5 and 6 are perspective views of two special fittings which are employed in connection with my invention.

My present invention relates particularly to such cars as are shown in my previous Patent No. 995,056, dated June 13, 1911, orin the patent to H. C. Jarvis, No. 1,415,357,

dated May 9, 1922. In these cars a longitudinal central sill 1 forms the backbone of the car, and upon this adjacent the ends thereof, are securedtransverse bolsters 2.

i of the bolster.

Serial No. 579,372.

Above the bolsters, and assisting in strengthening and supporting them, are bunks 3 upon which the logs are suitably supported.

Such cars are known to the trade as connected-truck cars and are especially adapted for hauling logs of ordinary length or for logs of extra length, as has been illustrated 1111118 Jarvis patent referred to, but are not suitable for logs of length less than the distance between the bunks 3. Between the two end bunks 3, therefore, I provide two supplemental bunks 30, thus adapting it to carry half length 01' short logs. The supplemental bunks are shown as primarily secured to the central sill 1. Without further provision their ends, however, would be unsupported, and inasmuch as great strains are placed upon these ends, it is necessary to provide means for supporting them.

I have therefore provided side sills l, one for each side of the car, which support the outer ends of the intermediate bunks 30 and whlch are themselves supported from the bolsters 2. Additional bolsters. 20 may be provided, if desired, beneath the bunks 30 in order to stiffen them, but as this is a matter of engineering detail, the advisability of proyiding these may be left to the designing englneer.

In the standard car the bolsters 2 are formed with a central vertical web 21 and with stiffening flanges 22 projecting laterally from the central web adjacent the ends In order that there be no change required in the bolster itself. I have provided a pair of fittings which are supported by these flanges 22 and which cooperate to support the side sills 4. One of these fittings, 5. being that one which is intended to face the center of the car, is provided with a shelf- 51 which projects later-- ally and upon which the end of the side sill 4 is supported. Both this fitting and its companion fitting 6 are provided with spacing flanges 52 and 62. respectively. which in addition to strengthening the fittings are so arranged that they will avoid the stiffening flanges 22 of the bolster and will be supported therefrom without the necessity of bolts or the like.

The fitting 6 may be termed a washer fitting inasmuch as it is provided withapertures 63 through which a pair of truss rods 7 are passed. These truss rods pass through the fitting 6, which is at the side of the bolst towards the end of the car, through the b0 ster 2 and at opposite sides of the fitting 5, which is made narrow for this purpose. They also pass upon the opposite sides of the ends of the side sills 4, and in this manner assist in maintaining these sills in position upon the fitting 5. By tightening the turnbuckle 71 upon these truss rods 7, the sill 4 and the fittings 5 and 6 are clamped in place upon and between the bolsters 2.

I have provided a bolt 42 passing through the sill 4 and the shelf 51 for additional security. If the supplemental bolsters 20 are employed these are supported directly from the truss rods 7, or if these supplemental bolsters are not to be employed, spacer brackets will take their place.

By the use of the simple constructions shown and described, a standard car of the type named may be quickly and economically modified to carry short length logs, thus enabling the superior advantages of the connected-truck type of cars to be availed of for hauling short logs.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A logging car including a central longitudinal sill, transverse bolsters secured thereto adjacent each end, a side sill at each side of the car,bunks extending transversely of the car intermediate said bolsters and supported at their ends upon said side sills. and means for supporting the ends of said side sills from the end bolsters.

2. A logging car including a central longitudinal sill, transverse bolsters secured thereto adjacent each end, a side sill at each side of the car, bunks extending transversely of the car intermediate said bolsters, the ends thereof being supported from the side sill, and a fitting having a shelf and adapted to be supported from the ends of the end bolsters, the ends of said side sills being supported upon the said shelf.

3. In a logging car including a central longitudinal sill, the combination with bolsters secured thereon adjacent each end, and

' having a vertical web and laterally extending stiffening flanges projecting therefrom at their ends. of fittings therefor each having spacing flanges conforming to the stiffening flanges of the bolsters, and having a shell portion beyond the limits of the bolsters, side sills supported at their ends upon the shelves of said fittings, and bunks positioned intermediate the ends of said side sills and having their ends supported thereby.

4. In a logging car including a central longitudinal sill, the combination with bolsters secured thereon adjacent each end, and having a vertical web and laterally extending stiffening flanges projecting therefrom at the ends of the bolster, of fittings there- .for each having supporting flanges engageable with'said stiffening flanges to support the fittings therefrom, and having a laterally projecting shelf portion, side sills supported at their ends upon the shelves of said fittings, bunks positioned intermediate said bolsters and having their ends supported by said side sills, and end bunks towards the ends of the car.

5. A logging car including a central longitudinal sill, transverse bolsters secured thereto adjacent each end, a side sill at each side of the car,bunks extending transversely of the car between said bolsters, the ends thereof being supported upon said side sills, means for supporting the ends of said side sills from the ends of said bolsters, and truss rods secured in the ends of the bolsters and supporting the side sills between their ends.

6. In a logging car including a central longitudinal sill, the combination with transverse bolsters secured thereon adjacent each end, and having laterally extending flanges, fittings supportingly engaged with the flanges upon the bolsters, and having also a laterally-projecting shelf, side sills extending between said fittings at each side of the car, and supported on said shelves, and rods drawing together the ends of said bolster to prevent disengagement of the fittings with the bolster flanges, and transverse bunks between said bolsters, their outer ends being supported uponsaid side sills.

7. In a logging car including a central longitudinal sill, the combination with a transverse bolster secured thereon adjacent each end, and each having a vertical web with laterally projecting flanges at each side thereof adjacent its ends, of a pair of fittings for each end of each bolster, said fittings each having flanges supportingly engaged with the flanges upon the bolsters, the fitting towards the center of the car having a laterally projecting shelf, and the fitting towards the end of the car having apertures therethrough, side sills at each side of the car supported at their ends upon the shelves of said fittings, and truss rods passing through said apertured fittings andthe bolsters to clamp both said fittings and the side sills in place.

8. In a logging car including a central longitudinal sill, the combination with a transverse bolster secured thereon adjacent each end, and each having a vertical web with laterally projecting flanges at each side thereof adjacent its ends, of a pair of fittings for eachend of eachbolster, said fittings each having flanges supportingly engaged with the flanges upon the bolsters, the fitting towards the center of the car having a laterally projecting shelf, and the fitting towards the end of the car having apertures clamp both said fittings and the side sills in place, and bunks positioned above each bolster and also between the bolsters, the intermediate bunks having their ends supported upon said side sills.

9. In a logging car including a central longitudinal sill, the combination with a transverse bolster secured thereon adjacent each end, and each having laterally projecting flanges adjacent its ends, of a fitting having flanges supportingly engaged With the flanges of the bolster, and having a laterallyprojecting shelf, side sills at each side of the car supported at their ends upon said shelves, a asher fitting for each of said shelved fittings and positioned upon the opposite side of the bolster therefrom, truss rods passing through said Washer fittings and the bolsters to clamp said fittings and the side sills in place, andbunks positioned intermediate said bolsters and having their ends supported upon said side sills.

10. In a logging car including a central longitudinal sill, the combination with a transverse bolster secured thereon adjacent each end, and each having laterally projecting flanges adjacent its ends, of a fitting having flanges supportingly engaged with the flanges of the bolster, and having a laterally-projecting shelf, side sills at each side of the car supported at their ends upon said shelves, a Washer fiting for each of said shelved fittings and positioned upon the opposite side of the bolster therefrom, a pair of truss rods passing through each of said washer fittings and its bolster end, and upon opposite sides of said side sills, to maintain these members in place relative to the bolsters.

11. In a logging car of the connectedtruck type, a sill-end supporting bracket adapted to be supported from and at the inner face of the outer ends of each bolster, side sills carried by said brackets and intermediate log carrying bunks located towards the central portion of said car.

12. In a logging car of the connectedtruck type, a sill-end supporting bracket adapted to be supported from and at the outer ends of the bolsters, side sills carried by said brackets and truss rods for said sills anchored in the said bolsters.

Signed at Benton, King County, Washington this 18th day of July 1922.

FREDERICK W. CHRI SWELL. 

